Rewritten by me from the real editorial that was first published in the New York newspaper The Sun on September 21, 1897, and from the movie, Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus.

Dear Editor,



I am 28 years old. Some of my family and friends say that there is a Deep State that is controlling the United States government and pushing us towards a dystopian future. My Dad says "If you see it in the hearts of others who love our country, it is so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Deep State?







Virginia,



Your friends and family are right, although most people have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they plainly see or have been told. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds or relayed to them on their television sets.



All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Deep State. It exists because love and generosity and rationality no longer exist today, those things that once gave our life its highest beauty and joy. 



Alas! How wonderful would be the world if there were no Deep State! It would be as wonderful as if there were one million Virginias. There would be faith, abundance, and joy to make tolerable this existence. We would have enjoyment, peace and clarity again. The eternal light with which all life fills the world would be lit once again. 



To not see with open eyes that there is a Deep State is to live in a land of make believe. You might get your disbelieving friends and family to search for the truth, which is so plainly in front of all of us. But even if they refuse to look, what would that prove? 

Nobody sees the Deep State if they’re not ready to, but that is no sign that there is no Deep State. The most real things in the world are sometimes those things that the hypnotic masses cannot see. 



Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders—even terrors— that are unseen and unseeable in the world for those who do not have the eyes to see. 
 There is a veil right now covering the truth, which only the strongest men and women can tear apart. Only faith, power, patriotism, love, and persistence can push aside that curtain and bestow us the courage to see the truth.

Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else as real and terrifying as the evil that confronts us, but we must try very hard to defeat it.



No Deep State? It has lived forever. A few years from now, maybe ten years from now, it will cease to exist, and perhaps then, we will continue to make glad the hearts of children and people everywhere.

Written by M. R. in 2024